Co-sponsored with the City of Mannheim, Kuala Lumpur, the Global Parliament of Mayors, Kota Kita (an Indonesian NGO), and The New School
WORLD URBAN FORUM 9
Pre-event
Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Kuala Lumpur. 13 hs to 18:30 hs.
This event is about “Moving from What to How” in the implementation of the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda. It will address three questions: local capacity, local implementation, and monitoring of progress in achieving these goals.
WORLD URBAN FORUM 9
Moving from What to How. Implementing and Monitoring the New Urban Agenda
Pre-event Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Kuala Lumpur. 13 hs to 18:30 hs.
DRAFT PROGRAM
Opening Remarks
13:00 – 13:15
Michael Cohen, The New School (5 min)
Peter Kurz, Mayor of Mannheim and Vice-President of the Global Parliament of Mayors (5 min)
Ahmad Rifai, Kota Kita (5 min)
1. Panel: Implementing the NUA in cities. Case Studies.
13:15 – 14:30
Approximately:
10min per presentation
20 min Q&A
Presentations should address:
– The challenge that the city was /is facing
– Policies and practices that positively or negatively affected the challenge
– Lessons learned for other cities
Presenters:
David Simon, University of Gothenburg, Mistra Urban Futures
Michael Cohen, The New School
Sri Sofjan, Huairou Commission
Kemal Taruc, Jakarta University
Mannheim or other GMP city
Moderator: Kota Kita
COFFEE BREAK 14:30 – 14:45
2. Panel:
Local capacity to accomplish the “how.”
14:45 – 16:00
Approximately:
10min per presentation
20 min Q&A
Presentations should respond to the following questions:
– Do city authorities and local governments have enough capacity to shape their futures?
– What are the ways that cities are gaining that capacity politically and economically?
– What role do city networks or civil society organizations play in increasing capacity?
Presenters:
Alex Jachnow, IHS
Margarita Gutman, The New School
Gulelat Kebede
GPM city to be identified
Moderator: TBD
COFFEE BREAK 16:00 – 16:15
3. Panel:
Monitoring and the Role of Local Data.
16:15 – 17:30
Approximately:
10min per presentation
20 min Q&A
Presentations should respond to:
– How should commitments and goals be monitored? Who should monitor?
– How can monitoring efforts go beyond assessment exercises but also increase accountability, and feed back into policy debates and discussions at the local level?
– Finally, how can alternative and innovative types of data complement government statistics?
Presenters:
Lena Simet and David Lopez, The New School
Javier Perez Burgos, National Planning Department of Colombia
Christian Hubel, Mannheim
Jose Carrera, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) (TBC)
Moderator: Magali Fricaudet, UCLG
Closing Remarks
17:30 – 18:00
Christoph Beier, GIZ
Peter Kurz, Mayor of Mannheim and Vice-President, Global Parliament of Mayors
UL104 Room, University Center, The New School
63 5th Avenue, New York
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